cenhedlu

Welsh

Etymology

From cenedl (“generation”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

Verb

cenhedlu (first-person singular present cenhedlaf)

  1. (ambitransitive) to beget, procreate, engender; to conceive; (figuratively) to produce, create

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future cenhedlaf cenhedli cenhedla cenhedlwn cenhedlwch cenhedlant cenhedlir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional 		cenhedlwn cenhedlit cenhedlai cenhedlem cenhedlech cenhedlent cenhedlid
preterite cenhedlais cenhedlaist cenhedlodd cenhedlasom cenhedlasoch cenhedlasant cenhedlwyd
pluperfect cenhedlaswn cenhedlasit cenhedlasai cenhedlasem cenhedlasech cenhedlasent cenhedlasid, cenhedlesid
present subjunctive cenhedlwyf cenhedlych cenhedlo cenhedlom cenhedloch cenhedlont cenhedler
imperative — cenhedla cenhedled cenhedlwn cenhedlwch cenhedlent cenhedler
verbal noun cenhedlu
verbal adjectives cenhedledig
cenhedladwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms 		singular plural
first second third first second third
future cenhedla i,
cenhedlaf i 		cenhedli di cenhedlith o/e/hi,
cenhedliff e/hi 		cenhedlwn ni cenhedlwch chi cenhedlan nhw
conditional cenhedlwn i,
cenhedlswn i 		cenhedlet ti,
cenhedlset ti 		cenhedlai fo/fe/hi,
cenhedlsai fo/fe/hi 		cenhedlen ni,
cenhedlsen ni 		cenhedlech chi,
cenhedlsech chi 		cenhedlen nhw,
cenhedlsen nhw
preterite cenhedlais i,
cenhedles i 		cenhedlaist ti,
cenhedlest ti 		cenhedlodd o/e/hi cenhedlon ni cenhedloch chi cenhedlon nhw
imperative — cenhedla — — cenhedlwch —

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

  • atal cenhedlu (“prevent conception, contraception”)
  • atgenhedlu (“reproduce”)
  • cell genhedlu (“germ cell”)
  • cenhedliad (“conception”)
  • cenhedlol (“procreative, genital”)
  • cyn cenhedlu (“preconception”)
  • organau cenhedlu (“genitals”)
  • proses cenhedlu (“process of conception”)
  • rheoli cenhedlu (“birth control”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cenhedlu
radical soft nasal aspirate
cenhedlu genhedlu nghenhedlu chenhedlu

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cenhedlu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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